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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="8-319" title_number="8" title_name="Entities That Act as Insurers" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Third Party Administrators">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person aggrieved by the conduct of a person registered or required to be registered under this subtitle may file a written complaint with the Commissioner.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On receipt of a complaint, the Commissioner shall investigate the complaint.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Commissioner may investigate any person if the Commissioner has reasonable cause to believe that the person has violated any provision of this subtitle or a regulation adopted under it.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Without limitation of the powers granted to the Commissioner under Title 2 of this article, in connection with an investigation under this section, the Commissioner may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>examine the books and records of a person registered under this subtitle or any other person that the Commissioner believes has violated this subtitle or a regulation adopted under it;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>subpoena documents and other evidence; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>summon and examine under oath a person whose testimony the Commissioner requires.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>For the purpose of conducting an investigation under this section, the Commissioner may not require an administrator to submit to the Commissioner, more than once in a 12-month period, any books or records of a plan administered by the administrator unless the Commissioner has reasonable cause to believe that a violation of this subtitle or a regulation adopted or order issued under it exists.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Subject to subsection (f) of this section, the Commissioner may make available information about a matter that may be subject to an investigation to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the National Association of Insurance Commissioners;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a unit of state or federal government; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a person that is the subject of the investigation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Unless disclosure is required by a court of competent jurisdiction in a legal proceeding, the Commissioner shall keep confidential and may not disclose a trade secret or commercial information contained in:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an administrator’s books, records, or other documents; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>data provided by the administrator, including the identity and address of persons covered by a plan.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
